Revolving shade for baby-carriages



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P. J. STALLINGS.

REVOLVING SHADE FOR BABY GARRIAGES.

No. 532,490. I Patented Jan. 15, 1895.

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REVOLVING SHADE FOR BABY-CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 532,490, dated January 15, 1895.

Application filed March 3, 1894. Serial No. 502,834. (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern:

My invention relates to those baby-carriageswhich are provided with a canopy operated automatically by the movement of the carrlage wheels, and my object is to produce a more easlly adjustable and desirable mechanism than hitherto produced.

To this end my invention consists in a rotary canopy in connection with peculiar mechanlsm and combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter and embodied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my complete lnventlon as applied to an ordinary baby-carr1age Fig 2, a rear view thereof; Fig. 3, a top view with the canopy removed, and Fig. 4, avlew of the canopy detached and inverted.

The reference numeral 6, denotes a standard adj ustably secured to the back of the body of the carriage by means of a clamp 7. The upper end of this standard extends over the carriage body, and its outer extremity is provlded with a rack 9. Pivoted at the rack, and normally extending in a horizontal posit1on, s an arm 12 the tail of which projects back 1n convenient distance to be grasped by the person pushing the carriage. The handle of the canopy or parasol 17 is journaled in a socket 15 in the forward end of the horizontal arm 12, and passes through prongs l4 and 24 located one over the other. These prongs are pivoted to the arm by a joint 13, of common construction, and which will permit the axis of the canopy to be given any desired inclination. The arm 12 is made capable of being locked at various inclinations through the medium of along pawl 10 pivoted on arm 12 and who]: engages the teeth of the rack 9 located at the pivotal point of the arm. A leaf spring 11, holds the nose of the pawl in engagement with the rack. The rear end of the pawl extends just over the handle portion of the arm 12, in such juxtaposition as to be readily grasped by the hand simultaneous with the grasping of the handle to adjust the height of the canopy.

The means by which the canopy is rotated consist of a horizontally disposed grooved pulley 16 fixed on the umbrella handle between the prongs 14 and 24, and this pulley is driven by an endless band 23 actuated by the axle of the carriage, through the medium of a pulley 5 fixed on a short horizontal shaft 2 extend; ing parallel with the wheel axle. The shaft is mounted in boxes 3 fixed to the axle. The axle is stationary, and in order to drive the shaft I provide the right hand rear wheel with a gear 1 which meshes with another gear 4 fixed on the end of the shaft. 25 is a hook located near the pulley 5, and is provided for the purpose of holding the band 6 when detached from the pulley. Intermediate pulleys 8 are located on the standard 6 where the band makes a turn forward.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the revolution of the carriage wheels will impart rotary motion to the canopy through the medium of gears 1 and 4, shaft 2, pulley 5, endless band 23, and horizontal pulley 16, and when it is desired to raise or lower the canopy it can be done by releasing the pawl 10 from the rack 9, and raising and lowering the bar 12, a finer and still further adjustment being efiected through the joint 13. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In' a canopy for carriages,'the combination with an adjustable standard secured to one end of the carriage, an adjustable arm pivoted to the standard and extending over the body of the carriage, a rotatable canopy mounted on the forward end of the arm, a pulley fixed on the handle portion of the canopy, a band operating around said pulley, and connected with a driving pulley actuated by the rotation of the carriage wheel.

2. In a canopy for carriages, the colnbina= tion of an adjustable standard, a laterally extending jointed arm, pawl and rack mechanism for making the arm and standard adjustable in relation to each other, a canopy carrying spindle rotatably mounted in the laterally extending arm, a drive shaft provided with a pulley and geared to the carriage wheel, and a band operating over a series of pulleys,

and connecting the pulley with the spindle, whereby the canopy is caused to revolve when 10 the carriage is in motion, substantially as described.

FRANCIS JOSEPH STALLINGS. Witnesses:

B. F. KAGAY, Sr., PINK. 'lUoK ER. 

